Head of Compensation & Benefits

Annapurna; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in Greater London seeks an experienced reward leader to oversee compensation and benefits strategy. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in this field, capable of balancing governance and creativity while advising senior leaders. Responsibilities include managing pay frameworks, annual pay cycles, and vendor relationships. Strong partnership skills and a commercial mindset are essential for success in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in compensation and benefits at a senior level.
• Strong grounding in job architecture, benchmarking, and pay governance.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and executives.

Responsibilities

• Owning and evolving the organisation's compensation and benefits strategy.
• Leading annual pay and bonus cycles, including budgeting and modelling.
• Overseeing job architecture, grading and pay frameworks.

Skills

Compensation and benefits strategy

Job architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial mindset

Experience in media

Job description

Overview

Reporting into senior HR leadership, you will have end-to-end accountability for compensation and benefits across the organisation. You'll balance governance and creativity, commercial discipline and employee experience.

Responsibilities

• Owning and evolving the organisation's compensation and benefits strategy
• Leading annual pay and bonus cycles, including budgeting, modelling and executive input
• Overseeing job architecture, grading and pay frameworks, ensuring consistency and credibility
• Advising on executive and senior leadership reward, including incentives and long-term arrangements
• Managing benefits strategy, vendor relationships and cost optimisation
• Acting as the go-to reward advisor for senior leaders and the wider People team

About you

You'll be an experienced reward leader who is comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on levels. You understand how fast moving, commercial organisations work - and you know how to design reward frameworks that work in that context.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in compensation and benefits at a senior level
• Strong grounding in job architecture, benchmarking and pay governance
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and executives
• A pragmatic, commercial mindset - able to balance fairness, affordability and attraction
• Confidence operating in evolving or less traditional environments
• Media experience would be a plus